Temple of Olympian Zeus

E284940

Doric temple ancient Greek temple archaeological site

The Temple of Olympian Zeus is a colossal ancient Greek temple in Akragas (modern Agrigento, Sicily), renowned as one of the largest Doric temples ever constructed in the classical world.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Temple of Olympian Zeus canonical	3
Temple of Olympian Zeus (Agrigento)	2
Tempio di Giove Olimpico	1
Tempio di Zeus Olimpio	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Doric temple ⓘ ancient Greek temple ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Doric order ⓘ
associatedWith	Theron of Akragas ⓘ Akragas ⓘ surface form: ancient city of Akragas
belongsTo	ancient city plan of Akragas ⓘ
builder	citizens of Akragas ⓘ
builtAfter	Battle of Himera ⓘ
builtToCommemorate	Greek victory over Carthaginians at Himera ⓘ
constructionBegan	circa 480 BC ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
culture	Greek ⓘ
currentCondition	ruin ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Zeus ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalExcavations	yes ⓘ
hasDeityType	Olympian god ⓘ
hasFeature	massive columns ⓘ pseudoperipteral layout ⓘ telamons (atlas figures) ⓘ
hasNameInGreek	Olympieion ⓘ surface form: Ναός του Ολυμπίου Διός (Ακράγας)
hasNameInItalian	Temple of Olympian Zeus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Tempio di Giove Olimpico Temple of Olympian Zeus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Tempio di Zeus Olimpio
hasNearbyCity	Akragas ⓘ surface form: Agrigento
hasProtectionStatus	protected archaeological area ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
locatedIn	Akragas ⓘ surface form: Agrigento Akragas ⓘ Italy ⓘ Province of Agrigento ⓘ Sicily ⓘ Valley of the Temples ⓘ Magna Graecia ⓘ surface form: ancient Magna Graecia
materialUsed	local limestone ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the largest Doric temples of the classical world ⓘ colossal scale ⓘ
partOf	Archaeological Area of Agrigento ⓘ Greek colonial architecture in Sicily ⓘ Valley of the Temples ⓘ surface form: Valley of the Temples archaeological park
period	Classical Greek period ⓘ
region	southern Sicily ⓘ
religion	ancient Greek religion ⓘ
significance	major monument of Western Greek architecture ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
usedFor	public cult of Zeus Olympios ⓘ religious worship ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Akragas → hasTemple → Temple of Olympian Zeus ⓘ

Olympeion field → contains → Temple of Olympian Zeus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Temple of Olympian Zeus (Agrigento)

Ἀκράγας → hasTemple → Temple of Olympian Zeus ⓘ

UNESCO World Heritage Site (as Valley of the Temples, Agrigento) → hasTemple → Temple of Olympian Zeus ⓘ

subject surface form: Valley of the Temples, Agrigento

Temple of Olympian Zeus → hasNameInItalian → Temple of Olympian Zeus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Temple of Olympian Zeus (Akragas)

this entity surface form: Tempio di Zeus Olimpio

Temple of Olympian Zeus → hasNameInItalian → Temple of Olympian Zeus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Temple of Olympian Zeus (Akragas)

this entity surface form: Tempio di Giove Olimpico

Temple of Concordia → hasNearbySite → Temple of Olympian Zeus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Temple of Olympian Zeus (Agrigento)